A drawing of a brain with roads and maps drawn on different sections to represent memory of location information, which is controlled by place cells in the hippocampus.
| 3 min read
Place cells in the hippocampus integrate signals from other brain regions to create and adapt memories of locations, shedding light on learning and memory.  

memory consolidation

Illustration of a human brain shaped puzzle on a pink background. An electroencephalogram recording is depicted on top of the brain. 

How the Brain Selects What Experiences to Keep

Microscopy image with blue and red neurons, where red indicates neurons involved in a memory engram

Asthma Drug Helps Mice Retrieve Memories “Lost” to Sleep Deprivation

Photo of Steve Ramirez

Steve Ramirez Reshapes Memories in the Brains of Mice

Scientists Engineer Dreams to Understand the Sleeping Brain

Adult-Born Neurons Strengthen Memories While Mice Sleep

Ketamine Could Help Cut Alcohol Consumption by Rewiring Memory

Why Forgetting Is a Critical Part of Remembering

Image of the Day: Memory Jogger

RNA Moves a Memory From One Snail to Another

Trending

A close-up image of a fly landing on a dessert

What Happens When a Fly Lands on Your Food? 

Photo of John Calhoun crouches within his rodent utopia-turned-dystopia

Universe 25 Experiment

Image of an infant’s feet that are visible in a hospital incubator.

Record-Breaking DNA Sequencing Technology Could Transform Newborn Care

Red and green small tomatoes. A new genetic engineering approach helped gene-edited plants grow faster.

Gene-Edited Crops Grow Faster with a Little Help from Bacteria

Multimedia

Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

Pacific Biosciences logo
Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Image of a woman with her hands across her stomach. She has a look of discomfort on her face. There is a blown up image of her stomach next to her and it has colorful butterflies and gut bacteria all swarming within the gut.
November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

View this Issue
Olga Anczukow and Ryan Englander discuss how transcriptome splicing affects immune system function in lung cancer.

Long-Read RNA Sequencing Reveals a Regulatory Role for Splicing in Immunotherapy Responses

Pacific Biosciences logo
Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Research Roundtable: The Evolving World of Spatial Biology

Conceptual cartoon image of gene editing technology

Exploring the State of the Art in Gene Editing Techniques

Bio-Rad
Conceptual image of a doctor holding a brain puzzle, representing Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.

Simplifying Early Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis with Blood Testing

fujirebio logo

Products

Labvantage Logo

LabVantage Solutions Awarded $22.3 Million U.S Customs and Border Protection Contract to Deliver Next-Generation Forensic LIMS

The Scientist Placeholder Image

Evosep Unveils Open Innovation Initiative to Expand Standardization in Proteomics

OGT logo

OGT expands MRD detection capabilities with new SureSeq Myeloid MRD Plus NGS Panel